No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world Domille @sh.itjust.works 1y ago

Could anyone explain to me this whole "rule" thing?

I keep seeing posts with just "rule" in the title and I am pretty sure I missed something. Would anyone care to explain to this millennial boomer what I missed?

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Near as I can tell, there are certain communities that have a "rule" that every time you browse that community, you must post something before you leave. This leads to a lot of low effort shitposting that I guess some people find fun but I just blocked those communities so my /All feed wasn't cluttered.
- How can I block communities through wefwef? I can’t seem to find an option.
  
  Sorry, I don't use wefwef. In the main browser, you can navigate to the community and the "block" button is right below the "subscribe" option.
  
  I’m not sure it’s a feature yet. If you find a way please let me know
its just a rule for the 196 community. New folks saw it in thier ALL feed then went and did it in any community. Its turned into a "thing" for a bit.

Honestly, Ill take this over not pooping for days.

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- uuumm not pooping for days?
  
  It's no longer the top post of all time for Lemmy!
  
  https://lemmy.intai.tech/post/16733
  
  thank you reddit flood #2 and welcome!
- Sweet Jesus… that’s gold
It's the rule on the popular community /c/[email protected]
It's from this community: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/196 Read their only rule :)
as others have mentioned, its a quirk of the 196 community. 196 was one of the most active early communities to migrate from reddit, and as such a lot of people saw their posts in new.
- what does 196 stand for?
  
  not really sure tbh
  
  Rule 196: before leaving this community, you must make a post.
You must include the word "rule" in every comment and post title on Lemmy to indicate that you accept the ToS :)
- You are naughty lol
  
  Sorry :D Couldn't help but make that joke

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